Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (June 16, 2016) 8 Shiite defendants to 15 years in prison and revoked their Bahraini citizenships, over charges of "establishing and raising donations to fund a terror organization," a judicial source said.

"Bahrain's criminal court sentenced eight Shias to 15-year jail terms and stripped the defendants of their citizenship after convicting them of "establishing and raising donations to fund a terror organization," said AFP.

The source claimed that this groups is named "Bahraini Hezbollah."

The Bahraini authorities often raise charges of establishing terrorist groups against pro-democracy protestors. Defendants; however, stress they are subjected to torture to make incriminating confessions.  

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